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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1964
Page
2
Deep sea diver Judy Gow promotes an electronic fish caller that emits a high pitched male mating cry to attract female fish. The transistor powered device, costing under £5, is sold at a city department store as a new fishing aid claiming to lure fish in droves.
A Russian Embassy official will fly to Gladstone on Monday to stay with seriously ill stewardess Tatyane Kachigina aboard the Horol until discharge. She is in hospital with internal hemorrhage and may stay about 10 days. doctors and authorities debated transfer to Canberra or Sydney for care.
The Dart prop-jet engine achieved a world record by running 45,000 hours without overhaul. It powered a British European Airways Viscount for three years and completed about 41 circumnavigations with no servicing.
About £96,000 in unclaimed money deposited with the Commonwealth Savings Bank has been paid into the Treasury. Deposits of £10 or more, unclaimed for at least seven years, can still be claimed through the Commonwealth Bank. The list records individuals and amounts including Giovanni Cedro in Melbourne, Barry Maxwell Devine in the ACT, and groups Fyshwick Progress and Welfare Association and the Canberra Model Aircraft Club.
A 67 year old man, Ralph Rook of Croydon, was beheaded when he fell from No 2 platform at Burwood Railway Station into the path of a Hornsby bound train. He was seen standing near the platform edge as the train approached and fell onto the line as it was a few yards away.
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